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Ionospheric Techniques and Phenomena

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Authors:
  1. Alain Giraud

    1. Centre National d’Etudes des Télécommunications, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Issy les Moulineaux, France

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  2. Michel Petit

    1. Centre National d’Etudes des Télécommunications, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Issy les Moulineaux, France

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Part of the book series: Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs (GAAM, volume 13)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Ionospheric Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Atmosphere and the Vertical Structure of the Ionospheric Plasma

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      Pages 2-27

    3. The Latitudinal Structure of the Ionosphere and the Magnetosphere

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      Pages 28-55

  3. The Techniques of Ionospheric Measurements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Propagation of Radio Waves

      • Alain Giraud, Michel Petit
      Pages 58-83

    3. Scattering of Radio Waves

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      Pages 84-110

    4. Sampling with Space-Borne Probes

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      Pages 112-133

  4. The Interpretation of Ionospheric Phenomena

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      Pages 135-135
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    2. Chemistry of Charge Conservation

      • Alain Giraud, Michel Petit
      Pages 136-174

    3. Electrodynamics of Momentum Transfer

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      Pages 176-223

    4. Thermodynamics of Energy Balance

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      Pages 224-250

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 251-265
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About this book

If our eyes were radio rather than optical wide-band detectors it is well known that for us the brightest object in the sky would still be the Sun; that planets, stars and the Milky Way would still shine feebly (and that we would still occasionally be blinded by man-made sources). What is less well known is that quite a different earthbound overcast would hover about us, with its climatic zones, its seasonal changes, its unpredictable storms and scintillating transparence. To be sure, we can get a sort of glimpse of this peculiar type of weather when we tune our receiver to radio broad­ casting from some remote spot, or photograph the Earth from space at certain specific wavelengths. Nevertheless no one has ever looked at the ionized shroud of the Earth without the help of sophisticated apparatus, and this is one of the reasons why in this domain the phenomena are not easily abstracted from the use of specific techniques. For generations, the study of the ionosphere has been deeply interwoven with the practice of radio communication and detection. Today however, ionospheric physics is best thought of as a branch of space physics; that part of physics which deals with processes at work in the solar system and methods developed for its exploration.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre National d’Etudes des Télécommunications, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Issy les Moulineaux, France

    Alain Giraud, Michel Petit

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ionospheric Techniques and Phenomena

  • Authors: Alain Giraud, Michel Petit

  • Series Title: Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9763-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1978

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0499-3Published: 31 December 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9765-3Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9763-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 265

  • Additional Information: Originally published in French

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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